Tag: Mexican border

Washington : The deployment of active-duty US troops at the border with Mexico will most likely be extended through September, the Pentagon has announced. Prior to Monday's announcement, Pentagon's border mission had previously been scheduled to end on December 15, and the Defence Department later extended the deployment into January, reports The New York Times. The Pentagon said that its "assistance" would continue through September 30 at the Department of Homeland Security's request, and that the support would focus on "mobile surveillance and detection" and placing concertina wire "between ports of...